The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-18
Their Deliberations in Con-
"' gress on Monday
GONE PENSION BILLS PASSED.
n1aasures Observation-Disclosures
tjonal Centennial Celebration
Other Business.
FoRrY-NINTR CONGRESS-.
SENATE,

v.sHrsaToN, January 17.-Mr. Hoar
s-o,, the committee on the centennial
..rsbrstiou of the Constitution, reported
-esolution that it is expected that the
oorternial anniversary of the inaugur'
o,;or of the Constitution will be cele
lated in April. 1889, by an address to
no delivered before the President OF the
United States and the two houses OF
congress by the Chief Justice of the
TgJ6d States, to which representatives
~ foreign governments shall be IN
,G and that the occasion will be fur
tber celebrated by suitable clvIl or mn! A.
tar observauces, the details shereoI 10
he settled hereafter. Adopted. -
Edmunds called attention 10 the Dill
introduced BY him and referred 10 Inc
nostoffce committee, providing for
government postal telegraphy. he
@ished the committee to repori 1t either
favorably or unfavorably, so that he
might try to get the Judgment OF the
Senate upon it. .
The Senate bill for the re-survey OF
certain public lands in Oregon was re-
ported and put on the calendar.
Edmunds offered a resolution max
ing il a standing rule that when report
of the conference committee agreeing
with the House conferees shall have
been made and be under consideration,
. the first question thereon shall be.
shall the Senate agree to the same?"
That if the report be not agreed to, or
if disagreement be reported, the mat
ter shall stand in the same way
as elf no conference had been
had thereon. If q conference be
asked or agreed to by the Senate,
It shall be in order to instruct the Sen
ate conferees. Referred to commit
on rules
On motion OF Sawyer, the Senate pro
ceeded TO consider and pass the pen
sion bills on the calendar. Forty pen i ID
bills principally House bills) were
passed and then the pension appropria-
ton bill (appropriating SIS, coo ,000) was
taken up and passed with only few I'M
material amendments.
The army appropriation bill was then
taken up. The bill was passed, with q
few unimportant amendments.
The Senate bill 10 estab lsh agricul-
tural eIp, rimental stations in connec
ton with an agricultural college, was
taken mp as unfinished business.
ingalls, characterized the bill as ex
ceedlngly crude and imperfect.
Vest said that he could not under
stand the difference between thi.
measure and the Blair educational pill
except that one provided for general
education and the other for agricultur raj
education. The objections to the Blair
bill applied with equal force to this bill.
Mr.. Butler said that he could see a
vide distinction between this bill
(Which he favOred) and the Blair
educational bill. 1t was refreshing to
hear the sentiments expressed by
Senator'S from Kansas and Missouri
after the action of the Senate on the
oleomargarine bill destroying one in
dustTy at the dictation of another) and
OF the interstate commerce bill,
Plearo pneumonia bill, and the Blair
education bill, If Congress were going
ca questionable grounds, he preferred
10 90 In the direction that would be
beneficial to the farmers.
Niihoutaction, the Senate adjourned